June 2014

June 09, 2014

Texas signee Myles Turner, a Euless Trinity graduate, is one of 21 basketball players who will participate in the USA Basketball men’s under-18 training camp, Tuesday through June 19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Turner, one of the nation’s top incoming freshmen signees, will compete for one of 12 spots on the team that will compete in the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Colorado Springs from June 20-24. In April, Turner played for the 2014 USA Junior National Select Team that defeated a World Select Team, 84-73, at the Nike Hoop Summit.

June 05, 2014

Texas A&M finalized the nonconference portion of its 2015 football schedule Thursday, with three home game in Kyle Field as well as a Sept. 5 contest in Houston against Arizona State to open the season.

The Aggies’ other 2015 nonconference games, all scheduled for Kyle Field, include contests against BallState (Sept. 12), Nevada (Sept. 19) and Western Carolina (Nov. 14).

Including a neutral-site game in Arlington against SEC rival Arkansas (date TBD), the Aggies will play nine of 12 regular-season games at venues in Texas during the 2015 season. A&M’s SEC home games in 2015 are against South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn and MississippiState.

A&M’s only trips outside the state during the 2015 season will be for road games at LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Dates for SEC games on the 2015 slate have yet to be finalized.

Officials at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will sponsor a free youth football clinic June 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, with North Texas coach Dan McCarney among the notable instructors in attendance. There will be two sessions, based on age groups: ages 7-10 and ages 11-14. Online enrollment details are available at www.attcottonbowl.com.

Session 1 will include younger players (ages 7-10), from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Session 2 will include older players (ages 11-14), from 12:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. All participants will take part in a lunch from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m..

McCarney the special guest from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Frank Arredondo, director of compliance and sports services for Conference USA, will offer a parent seminar at 1 p.m.

Players will take part in agility drills and will be taught offensive and defensive fundamentals from coaches who hail from Texas colleges and universities.